UN rights chief demands end to Gaza killings, calls for justice
Israeli live fire that killed at least 59 people and injured over 2,770 people in Gaza on Monday must stop immediately and the international...
UN committee to review Turkey’s record on torture and ill-treatment
The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) is set this week to review Turkey’s record of torture and ill-treatment amid growing concerns from human...
Journalists accosted by police while covering a fire in Turkey’s Sivas province
Journalist Hüsnü Ümit Avcı, a correspondent for the Doğan News Agency (DHA), had an altercation with a police officer on Friday who tried to...
Turkey’s massive witch-hunt targeting Erdoğan opponents reached South Korea, judicial document reveals: report
Turkey’s massive witch-hunt against critics of its Islamist President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was expanded to East Asia, and Turkish nationals living in South Korea...
Allies of ousted CHP leader quit Party Council in bid to force extraordinary congress
The resignations mark a new effort by Özel’s supporters to reclaim control of Turkey’s largest opposition party through an internal vote, after a controversial...
Turkish gov’t has detained 3,293 military officers over alleged Gülen links since Jan. 1
The Turkish government has detained 3,293 military officers and arrested 717 of them since January 1, 2018 as part of its massive post-coup witch...
Millions of Syrians must be able to return home safely: Turkish FM
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said more than half of all Syrians live outside their country and that they “must be able to return...
Journalist prosecuted for reporting on intel officer’s death in Libya awarded damages
The Turkish government has been ordered to pay TL 25,000 ($1,350) in damages to a journalist who was jailed for more than three months...
70 percent of Kurdish youths face discrimination, research shows
Seventy percent of Kurdish youths in Turkey encounter discrimination in their daily lives, according to joint research conducted by the Rawest Research Center, the...
ECtHR faults Turkey over pretrial detention of veteran journalist Çetinkaya
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Turkey violated the rights of veteran journalist Tuncer Çetinkaya by holding him in pretrial detention without...
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